I think the event type of AKA is one that you added to your family file as it is not a default event normally found in Legacy.
Brian in CA > -----Original Message----- > From: Jennifer Wilhelmi [mailto:gene_...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 10:45 AM > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alternate Name vs. AKA Event > > If you open the individual's screen where you see the name, birth, > death, events, etc., there is an icon to the right of the name - three > overlaid people. If you click on this, you get a screen where you can > add alternate names. Click add and you can enter the first, last, > middle, and any preceding or following titles. Alternately, if you add > an event, one of the event types is AKA. While they seem to give you > the same information, I don't know if the program offers special > functionality for one or the other that would make it more advantageous > to use one or the other. > > Does that make sense? > > Jennifer > Tucson, AZ > > --- On Fri, 8/6/10, Scott Hall <seh0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > From: Scott Hall <seh0...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Alternate Name vs. AKA Event > > To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > > Date: Friday, August 6, 2010, 8:10 AM > > I may be missing something, but > > aren't these are the same thing? > > There isn't an alternate name option and an AKA > > option. Alternate > > name = AKA. > > > > Scott > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergr...@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
